10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD , SHORT LISTED FOR 2020 BOOKER PRIZE AND THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES, SHORT LISTED FOR THE 2022 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION/ BOTH COPIES ARE SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE.

ELIF SHAFAK

ISBN 10: 0241293863 / ISBN 13: 9780241293867

Published by PENGUIN/VIKING, 2019

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PENGUIN/VIKING, 2019 & 2021, BOTH BOOKS AND DUST JACKETS IN FINE CONDITION."10 MINUTE"BOOK IS SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE WITH "my best wishes"/ ISLAND"BOOK IS SIGNED, LINED,"tree-time is equivalent to story-time"AND DATED 11/28/2021.GREAT COLLECTOR SET. Seller Inventory # 132

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Title: 10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD ...

Publisher: PENGUIN/VIKING

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour - available for pre-order now

'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...'

For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her. . .

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